Rita Ann Gomez Norris passed away on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 7:32 PM in Gonzales, Louisiana. She was 88. Rita worked for years as a master seamstress for the nuns at the Carville Leprosarium. She was known as being a good-hearted person and loving lady who enjoyed playing bingo, camping and going to the casino as often as she could. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Rita is survived by her son, Johnny Taylor and his wife Connie; sisters, Hattie Lockwood, Dorothy Broussard and husband Leslie, Laura Babin, Carolyn Boudreaux and husband Larry, Madeline Devillier and husband James; grandson, Robbie Taylor and his wife Shannan; 3 step-grandchildren, Walter, Bart and Luke Miller and 4 great-grandchildren, Bella and Nikolas Taylor and Leah and Zack Miller. She is preceded in death by parents, Clabert Gomez and Hattie Boudreaux Gomez; brother, Albert Gomez; sister, Alberta Stevens; husband, Rodney Cook and second husband, Fred Norris. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 22, 2016, 10:30 AM at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church with Fr. Jerry Martin officiating. Burial at Hope Haven Mausoleum will follow the Mass. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Ourso Funeral Home and again on Friday, April 22, 2016 at St. John starting at 9:30 AM and continuing until service time. Ourso Funeral Home of Gonzales, www.oursofuneralhome.com, is in charge of arrangements.
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